resolvent

[ ri-zol-vuhnt ]

/ rɪˈzɒl vənt /

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adjective

resolving; causing solution; solvent.

noun

something resolvent.

Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.

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Origin of resolvent

1670–80; <Latin resolvent- (stem of resolvēns), present participle of resolvere to resolve; see -ent

Words nearby resolvent

resolutioner, resolutive, resolvable, resolve, resolved, resolvent, resolving power, resonance, resonance radiation, resonant, resonant cavity

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How to use resolvent in a sentence

It speaks to big, unexplored mathematical landscapes in unimaginable dimensions — but it hits a brick wall at the lower numbers, and it can’t determine their resolvent degrees.
Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem|Stephen Ornes|January 14, 2021|Quanta Magazine
This general theory of resolvent degree also shows that Hilbert’s conjectures about sixth-degree, seventh-degree and eighth-degree equations are equivalent to problems in other, seemingly unrelated fields of math.
Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem|Stephen Ornes|January 14, 2021|Quanta Magazine
Dr. Pereira and others ascribe to Sulphur a resolvent and liquefacient action.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland
Evidently the method gives for L a quadric equation, which is the “resolvent” equation in this particular case.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7|Various

The juice is employed for the coughs of childhood and externally as a resolvent for enlarged cervical glands.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The wife and the big family out at Cospicua, which is near Valletta, seemed to be a powerful resolvent of sentimental ideas.
Command|William McFee
As a resolvent friction to indolent tumours and indurations.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for resolvent

resolvent

/ (rɪˈzɒlvənt) /

adjective

serving to dissolve or separate something into its elements; resolving

noun

something that resolves; solvent

a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation

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Medical definitions for resolvent

resolvent

[ rĭ-zŏl′vənt ]

adj.

Causing or able to cause separation into constituents; solvent.

A resolvent substance, especially a medicine that reduces inflammation or swelling.